The Google Science Fair and Other Top Student Competitions

The National Science Bowl

To make math and science fields fun for middle and high school students and to encourage them to pursue related careers, the Department of Energy each year puts on the National Science Bowl. Teams composed of four students, one alternate student, and a coach train to compete in the fast-paced double-elimination competition that covers topics like biology, chemistry, earth and space science, energy, mathematics, and physics. (Quick! How many parts per million of arsenic are in a 2-gram water sample if it contains 8.0 micrograms of arsenic?) The middle school competition also includes a model car race in which students design, build, and race their automobiles.